Buckle



1. L. LANDIS.

Buckle.

No. 227,798. Patented May 18,1880.

MPETERS, PHOWUTHQGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. C.

or tongues away from the front bar of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Z ISRAEL L. LANDIS, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 227,798, dated May 18, 1880.

Application filed January 20, 1880 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL L. LANDIS, of Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster, and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description th ereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to buckles for suspenders, harness, and other purposes; and it consists, essentially, in a frame with a crankshaft, on which one or more tongues are pivoted, and provided with a lever closing inside and on top of the frame, and also in a bail attached to the crank-shaft, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the crank-shaft with lever and hail. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the crank-shaft with lever, but withoutthe bail.

A represents the buckle -frame, having a shaft, B, pivoted in the side arms. This shaft is provided with one or more cranks, a, upon each of which a tongue, 0, is pivoted. The shaft B. is near one end provided with a lever, D, which closes directly inside of the frame close to one of the side arms, and its extreme end tits in a recess, b, on the front bar of the buckle. The lever D is so constructed that it can be easily raised by hand or by a cord connected to it, and the raising of the lever turns the crank-sh aft so as to draw the end of the tongue buckle-frame and allow the said tongue or patent granted to me.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A buckle consisting of aframe, A, a crankshaft, B, having one or more tongues, G, pivoted thereon, and a bail or staple, F, attached to the crank-shaft, substantially as and for thepurposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the frame A, formed with the recess b, the crank-shaft B, with one or more tongues, O, and the lever D, attached to the shaft and fitting inside of the frame, in the recess l), substantially as herein set forth. 3. The combination of the frame A, crankshaft B, with one or more tongues, O, the lever D, and bail F, all constructed substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of January, 1880.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

'Witn esses H. AUBREY ToULMrN. J. J. MCCARTHY. 

